He giggles. Heat leaks from her body once more.
She smiles. "Who am I staying with? I want my mom!"
"How long does that last?" "Should we say she's sick?"
"Thank you." She nuzzles back.
She hugs the materia, realized the heat was coming from there.
"Papa, my powers won't last. Is there any options?"
"That's squishing me now." He wrapped heat around the girl and his father.
"It's... not helping."
She dispelled it but nothing changes. Only her heat steadily drops to icy cold.
"No, mom, Mei, or Ocean." "What's wrong with me?"
"I need a mother." She shivers violently.
"But I need her. A baby can't help someone like me." Her body heat began to fade.
He tilted his head in confusion.
"Not destroy her, restore my mom back the way she was."
"I hate her for not being there for me. Can't you do anything about it?"
"I hate mommy."
"Then why won't she change back?!" He yelled.
"'Cause you are. That baby can't be my mother. She's too young."
"First Blossom, now you." He crawls out of his father's arms.
He looks at her like she's poisoned. "No, she's a thief. A papa stealer."
